Miller's 2009-2010 Early Music Series Opens With Josquin’s Mass for the Virgin Mary 12/12

MILLER THEATRE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY opens the beloved Early Music series with: Josquin's Mass for the Virgin Mary

Peter Phillips conducts The Tallis Scholars Saturday, December 12, 8:00PM (Church of St. Mary the Virgin)

Single Tickets: $40 · Students $24 with valid ID

Early Music
This season features four Early Music concerts at one of New York's best choral music venues, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin (affectionately known to insiders as Smoky Mary's), plus one at the gorgeous American Academy of Arts & Letters on 156th Street, legendary as a classical recording venue but little known as a public concert space. Featured in these concerts will be perennial favorites the Vox Vocal Ensemble conducted by New York City Opera's George Steel, and the group that has led the recent renaissance in Renaissance music-the great Tallis Scholars under their founder-director Peter Phillips. Miller also welcomes the return of France's renowned Baroque big band Le Poème Harmonique, Miller audience favorite the Orlando Consort, and the debut of the amazing Flanders Recorder Quartet.

JOSQUIN'S MASS FOR THE VIRGIN MARY

Saturday, December 12, 8:00PM

Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 W. 46th Street)
The renowned Tallis Scholars return to Miller's series to celebrate the holiday season. Josquin's powerful Missa de Beata Virgine exemplifies the composer's astonishing technique. The program rounds out with a variety of beautiful works by English composers known and unknown, including Thomas Tallis and John Nesbett.

PROGRAM: Josquin des Prez: Missa de Beata Virgine
John Nesbett: Magnificat
Thomas Tallis: Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
William Byrd: Ye sacred muses; Tribulations civitatum;Vigilate

ARTISTS: The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director

BIOS: THE TALLIS SCHOLARS were founded by Peter Phillips in 1973. They perform in both sacred and secular venues. Previous locations include the Sistine Chapel to mark the final stage of the complete restoration of the Michelangelo frescoes; Ferrara, Italy (at the invitation of Claudio Abbado); and London for a unique 25th Anniversary concert in London's National Gallery. Other United Kingdom venues include Symphony Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Wigmore Hall, London's South Bank Centre, and the Royal Albert Hall. They have also toured in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, France, the United States, Japan, China, Australia, and Singapore. Festival appearances include the Salzburg Festival, Bath Festival, Milan Cathedral Festival, and at the BBC Proms in London. Much of The Tallis Scholars's reputation for pioneering work has come from their association with Gimell Records, set up by Peter Phillips and Steve Smith in 1981 solely to record them.

Peter Phillips founded The Tallis Scholars in 1973. Besides his work with Tallis, Phillips has for many years contributed a column to The Spectator. In 1995 he became the advisory editor of The Musical Times, the oldest continuously published music journal in Europe. His first book, English Sacred Music 1549-1649, is an account of the history of English-texted sacred music written during the golden period between the Reformation and The Commonwealth. In 1997 he visited Japan as the adjudicator of a choral festival in Tokyo and has worked in Italy and the United States with groups specializing in the polyphonic repertoire. Besides those television and radio broadcasts featuring The Tallis Scholars, he has appeared on Music Weekly, BBC World Service, Today, and on European, Canadian, and North American radio. Phillips is also the director of the Oakham International Summer School, a choral course set up to keep alive the English choral heritage and develop excellence in unaccompanied choral singing.

Upcoming Early Music concerts at Miller Theatre:
Single Tickets: $35-40 · Subscription: $148

 

Cavalieri Lamentations

Saturday, January 23, 8:00PM • Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 West 46th Street)

 

The Art of the Canon

Saturday, February 6, 8:00PM • Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 West 46th Street)

 

Circa 1600

Saturday, February 20, 8:00PM • American Academy of Arts & Letters

(156th Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive)

 

The Birth of the Renaissance: Guillaume Dufay

Saturday, February 27, 8:00PM • Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 West 46th Street)

 

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